Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 March 2015
516. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide by county the take-up of the incremental purchase scheme per year since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10065/15]
View answerAn incremental purchase scheme for certain newly-built and newly acquired local authority houses came into operation in 2010 under Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. The scheme is open to households transferring from other forms of social housing support, who must purchase the dwelling on allocation, and to households on local authority waiting lists, who have 5 years in which to exercise the option to purchase the dwelling under the scheme.
An incremental purchase scheme for local authority apartments came into operation in 2012 under Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Apartment tenants in complexes designated for tenant purchase by housing authorities may apply to purchase under the scheme.
My Department started collecting data from housing authorities on incremental purchase in 2012 and activity since then is set out in the table below.
Incremental Purchase Scheme – Activity 2012 - 2014
|
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
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|
County Council |
Applications Received |
Applications Approved |
Sales completed |
Applications Received |
Applications Approved |
Sales completed |
Applications Received |
Applications Approved |
Sales completed |
|
Donegal |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Louth |
106 |
10 |
9 |
30 |
20 |
10 |
7 |
3 |
16 |
|
Mayo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
Meath |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Monaghan |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Offaly |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Westmeath |
3 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wexford |
11 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
TOTALS |
123 |
18 |
13 |
32 |
21 |
15 |
11 |
5 |
20 |
